Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston
42 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
99 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
Kingston
34
Samsung
100
Console
Kingston
18
Samsung
100
Workstation
Kingston
38
Samsung
99
Laptop
Kingston
37
Samsung
86
Budget
Kingston
51
Samsung
83
Portable
Kingston
12
Samsung
27

Specifications

Kingston DC600M EnterpriseSamsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
7,680
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Controller—In-House Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong capacity (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (27th percentile)

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 99 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation